2010-2011 UF Graduate Catalog (PDF Format) - Graduate School ...

University of Florida Graduate School
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
College of Medicine
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Graduate Faculty
Chair: J. B. Flanegan. Graduate Coordinator: L. B. Bloom.
Complete faculty listing by department: Follow this link
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department faculty mentor
Ph.D. students in the College of Medicine interdisciplinary program
(IDP) in medical sciences. Students interested in pursuing a doctoral
degree can view specific features of the biochemistry and molecular
biology concentration at http://biochem.med.ufl.edu/ and
http://idp.med.ufl.edu. For admission information, visit the IDP
website. Department faculty also mentor Ph.D. students in other
college programs and participate actively in the research and
teaching functions of various centers such as the Center for
Mammalian Genetics and the Center for Structural Biology. The
Department offers a wide variety of courses for graduate students
studying in the life sciences. The research expertise of the faculty
spans the areas from cell biology, metabolism, and molecular
biology to physical biochemistry/structural biology. Current research
interests include viral protease inhibitors, viral RNA replication,
bioenergetics and proton translocation, X-chromosome structure and
function, cytoskeletal assembly and dynamics, enzyme mechanism
and control, chromatin structure, gene expression and regulation,
mitochondrial biogenesis and evolution, the genetics of inherited
disease, nutrient membrane transporters, protein site-directed
mutagenesis, ribosome structure and function, signal transduction,
structural biology and dynamics of macromolecules, protein-nucleic
acid interactions, transgenic animal models, and virus crystal
structure. Prospective graduate students should have adequate